Plmt ureteral stent prq at Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 9th Ave., Seattle, WA · Vmfh · · NPI 1801851258
$4,060.11
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$7,961.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$11.53 with confluence health vs $6,368.80 with coventry - first health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| confluence health | medicare advantage | $11.53 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage ppo | $12.52 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | medicare advantage | $19.56 | ↓ -100% |
| first choice | commercial | $35.00 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | medicare advantage hmo | $253.93 | ↓ -94% |
| united healthcare | commercial | $268.36 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | medicare advantage | $271.97 | ↓ -93% |
| humana | choicecare medicare advantage | $271.97 | ↓ -93% |
| united healthcare | medicare advantage | $271.97 | ↓ -93% |
| kaiser foundation | hp medicare | $271.97 | ↓ -93% |
| optum care network | medicare advantage | $271.97 | ↓ -93% |
| signal health | medicare advantage | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| multiplan | medicare advantage | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| premera | medicare advantage hmo/ppo | $277.04 | ↓ -93% |
| regence | medicare advantage | $289.55 | ↓ -93% |
| regence | uniform medical plan | $485.94 | ↓ -88% |
| premera | commercial | $575.06 | ↓ -86% |
| cigna | commercial | $886.11 | ↓ -78% |
| kaiser health plan | commercial | $1,296.91 | ↓ -68% |
| regence | commercial | $2,798.76 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | commercial | $5,015.43 | ↑ +24% |
| cigna | local plus | $5,878.40 | ↑ +45% |
| coventry - first health | commercial | $6,368.80 | ↑ +57% |
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Plmt ureteral stent prq at other Washington hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus | Seattle | $10,377.12 | $4,081.89 – $14,700.29 |
| Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill | Seattle | $10,377.12 | $4,081.89 – $14,156.95 |
| Central Medical Center | Seattle | not published | not published |
| Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital | Spokane | $6,027.00 | $3,928.04 – $9,996.87 |
| Swedish Issaquah | Issaquah | $10,377.12 | $4,093.34 – $14,700.29 |
| Kadlec Regional Medical Center | Richland | $7,609.70 | $440.03 – $11,198.78 |
| Providence Holy Family Hospital | Spokane | $10,219.30 | $3,928.04 – $13,312.00 |
| Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus | Everett | $5,074.68 | $4,014.26 – $24,031.00 |